Hospitality sales and marketing musings
Sure, mankind has done plenty of “good” things – the light bulb, the wheel, beer, the telephone, high-def television, etc, etc – but has there ever been an invention as awesome as the Spoonacho? I don’t think so. Spoonachos: Nachos that are spoons. ((insert sound from Heaven here)) My only real question is… why didn’t …
With the closing of the tr.im url shortening service yesterday, many users are beginning to worry about what will happen to all of their shortened URLs. The reality of the situation is that many almost every social media service – including twitter, friendfeed, jaiku, indenti.ca, etc, etc – all rely on URL shortening services. (After …
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While I didn’t get social media at first, I now know exactly how I can use & benefit from my favorite social media apps – like Twitter, FriendFeed, Tumblr, Soup, BrightKite and others. (In fairness, much of my social media awakening should be credited to Rob @ Orangejack, Mike McBride, and nf0). One of the …
I have to give credit to Rob, who suggested this to me last week via twitter. Thanks, Rob! Did you forget the work gift exchange? Do you need a great last minute gift? Fear not, because in just three minutes, you can have the best last-minute birthday/holiday/anniversary gift in your hands. If you need a …
One of the great additions to the Disney parks over the past ten years has been the Fast Pass. While some loathe it, I love the Fast Pass system. And there’s really only one thing lacking from Disney’s FP approach – a universally accessible ledger that tracks wait times for each park’s attractions. Sure, there …
It’s no secret that I like to do things the easy way. It’s not (just) that I’m lazy, but I… appreciate efficiency. 🙂 So… as in years past, I’ll be renewing my Amazon Prime membership again this fall. Why? Well, it’s simple really. I like Amazon Prime because: 1. I get FREE two-day shipping on …
For all you RSS feed publishers out there, I found a Feedburner FeedFlare unit to allows readers to add your feed items and posts directly to FriendFeed. You can add the FriendFeed FeedFlare unit by pasting this URL into the personal FeedFlare box.
I like to catalog my pictures in iPhoto by event and location. It’s not only helpful as a reference, but it allows me to make cool travel photo maps online at Flickr or in Google Earth. For example, here’s my geotag map from Flickr. Since iPhoto doesn’t offer a native interface for adding geotags to …
With the holidays approaching, many people will be wondering how to download their AOL email address book to use in Mac OSX’s default Address Book. Luckily enough, AOL already has a tool that will allow you to download your AOL address book into OSX. To convert your AOL email contacts, all you need is to …
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With me living out of the hotel in Orlando, I’m miles and miles away from my Tivo and the ESPN Gameplan college football package. I have to tell you – the separation has been killing me. (And my wife & dogs, too, of course.) If only there was some way to have access to my …
